New York Voters Enshrine LGBTQ And Abortion Rights

Mother Jones reports:

In a victory for abortion rights advocates, New Yorkers just voted to enshrine extensive anti-discrimination protections into their state constitution—permanently insulating the rights of pregnant people, abortion seekers, and the LGBTQ community, among others, from changing political winds.

Proposal 1 is one of 10 ballot initiatives to protect abortion rights that went before voters on Tuesday. Going into Election Day, supporters of abortion rights had won every single ballot initiative to go before voters since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022.

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Great work, @ncjwny, @ERACoalition, and all those who made this happen.
Tonight, New York voters ensured that limiting abortion access will now be seen as a form of discrimination. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/7OcCdmJa4v

— Sheila Katz (@SheilaKatz1) November 6, 2024

BREAKING: New Yorkers just passed a state Equal Rights Amendment, which enshrines abortion rights in the State Constitution and prohibits discrimination based on a person’s ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, and sex and gender identity, and includes pregnancy status.

— ACLU (@ACLU) November 6, 2024